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Adaptive tile refresh. Adaptive tile refresh is a computer graphics technique for side-scrolling video games. It was most famously used by id Software 's John Carmack in games such as Commander Keen to compensate for the poor graphics performance of PCs in the early 1990s. Its principal innovation is a novel use of several EGA hardware features ...
Scrolling may take place in discrete increments (perhaps one or a few lines of text at a time), or continuously (smooth scrolling). Frame rate is the speed at which an entire image is redisplayed. It is related to scrolling in that changes to text and image position can only happen as often as the image can be redisplayed.
The scroll wheel on a mouse has been invented multiple times by different people unaware of the others' work. Other scrolling controls on a mouse, and the use of a wheel for scrolling both precede the combination of wheel and mouse. The earliest known example of the former is the Mighty Mouse prototype developed jointly by NTT, Japan and ETH Zürich, Switzer
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Image credits: Chonky Woofers for my depression #2. My friend read reports about a stranded dog on Mt. Bross in Colorado and proceeded to climb the mountain and rescue said dog.
Troian Bellisario and Patrick J. Adams found their fairy-tale ending after meeting on set in 2009 — but it wasn't always smooth sailing for the pair. "Troian broke up with me, and I didn't want ...
A scrollbar is an interaction technique or widget in which continuous text, pictures, or any other content can be scrolled in a predetermined direction (up, down, left, or right) on a computer display, window, or viewport so that all of the content can be viewed, even if only a fraction of the content can be seen on a device's screen at one ...
The smooth jazz saxophonist explains how he became one of the best-selling musicians of all time, with a sense of humor that hints he knows how to laugh at the absurdity of his fame. (Out now)